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Join Steve Blank, Vinod Khosla, Ray Rothrock, Jeff Clavier & more + 30 startups at Launch: Silicon Valley, June 5

Join us at Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 on June 5, when we have a great roster of panels & Guest Speakers in addition to 30 specially selected startups launching their products in front of an audience of VCs, Angels, Industry Executives, Bloggers, Press & Television!  A few Early Bird tickets are still available by registering HERE - get yours before they sell out!

Steve Blank – on how to get your startup up & running quickly & improve your chances of success.  The first 50 people who register for Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 will receive a free copy of his new book “The Startup Owner’s Manual” which he has offered to sign at the event!

Vinod Khosla –interviewed by Emily Chang, anchor of the “Bloomberg West” technology TV show, on the future of cleantech and his investing philosophy.

Ray Rothrock – incoming Chair of the National Venture Capital Association, interviewed by the Mercury News’s Chris O’Brien, on the JOBS act and the IPO-OnRamp,

The Changing Face of Venture Capital – Jeff Clavier, who has grown from angel, to Super-Angel, now VC fund manager; Tim Connor, who was GP at a large fund, & who left to start his own smaller fund; Pete Sonsini of NEA, one of the largest funds in Silicon Valley, with over $11B in committed capital.

Steve Blank	Vinod Khosla	Ray Rothrock	Jeff Clavier

Where are they now? – the founders of Launch: Silicon Valley alumni Smaato, Steelhouse & Zuora on what’s happened since they launched at Launch: Silicon Valley in earlier years

For further information, go to www.launchsiliconvalley.org

Launch: Silicon Valley2012 is designed as Silicon Valley’s demonstration platform to uncover and showcase products and services from the most exciting of the newest startups in cleantech, life science, mobile, next generation internet, and technology.  In addition, presenting companies will have the opportunity to compete for up to $500,000 in funding from Enterprise Ireland to help them with their global expansion

Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 will feature new companies that have a product or service available as of June 5, 2012, but have not been in the marketplace for more than a few months beforehand.

During the past 5 years, appbackr, BLADE, Data Robotics, Dayak, d.light.design, fix8, Industrial Origami, Jaxtr, JungleCents, Kongregate (acquired by GameStop), MyShape, Smaato, Steelhouse, tenCube (acquired by McAfee), Triggit, Trooval, Truemors (acquired by NowPublic), uTest, Vizibility, Yodio, Zuora, and over 100 other startups leveraged SVASE’s annual Launch: Silicon Valley event, to launch their products, raising over $160MM in venture capital, securing customers and partners along the way.

Launch: Silicon Valleyis co-presented by SVForum, early stage venture capital firm Garage Technology Ventures and Microsoft, which will host the event at the Microsoft Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View. Additional sponsors include Cooley LLP, Enterprise Ireland, Global Media Strategy communications, Halosys, Hummer Winbald, NEA, the Band of Angels, Sand Hill Angels, the Angels Forum, The Kauffman Fellows Program, RocketSpace, LeadFormix, and VentureDeal.

For more information about the event, go to: www.launchsiliconvalley.org